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This was a drawing I wanted to do for quite some time, and thanks to the recent announcement of Kingdom Hearts 2.8, which will contain the sequel to Birth By Sleep's secret chapter, I was able to finish it.

As you can see, I dediced to take a realistic and much darker approach than the original chapter to represent Aqua's journey through the Realm of Darkness. I tried to portray in a simple way how I perceive that hostile and dark wasteland, where only fierce fights are the key to survive and where you cannot be at peace any second. I also wanted to show how part of those ten years Aqua spent in that hell changed her quite a lot for the worse, being forced to clash against hordes of Heartless all by herself. I know, time flows differently in this realm than the other, but still I've prefered to take this twisted perspective. After all, that's how creepy I see the ominous Realm of Darkness.

Such a long time since last time I did a proper artwork, or so it seems to me. And good practice for dark effects too. This picture also works as tribute to Kingdom Hearts itself, my second favourite franchise since I was a kid, as well as my favourite character, such a tragic heroine.

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Éste era un dibujo que he querido hacer desde hace un tiempo, y gracias al reciente anuncio de Kingdom Hearts 2.8, que contendrá la secuela al capítulo secreto de Birth By Sleep, he sido capaz de terminarlo.

Como podéis ver, he decidido tomar un enfoque más realista y mucho más oscuro que en el capítulo original para representar el viaje de Aqua a través del Reino de la Oscuridad. He intentado representar de forma simple cómo percibo ese yermo hostil y oscuro, donde sólo las luchas encarnizadas son la clave para sobrevivir y donde no puedes estar en paz ni un segundo. También he querido mostrar cómo parte de esos diez años que Aqua pasó en ese infierno la han cambiado a peor, estando ella forzada a luchar contra hordas de Sincorazón por si sola. Lo sé, el tiempo fluye de manera diferente en este plano que en el otro, pero aun así he preferido tomar esta perspectiva retorcida. A fin de cuentas, así es como de espeluznante veo el ominoso Reino de la Oscuridad.

Sí que ha pasado tiempo desde la última vez que hice un artwork en condiciones, o eso me lo parece. Y buena práctica para efectos sombríos también. Esta imagen también sirve como tributo para Kingdom Hearts en si, mi segunda franquicia favorita desde que era un niño, así como para mi personaje favorito, toda una heroína trágica.

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Aqua & Kingdom Hearts
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RekkaAtsuma's avatar
Visible Clothing and body damages? YES PLEASE!
Aqua with determined look on her face yet showing pain? OH YEAH!
Dark Lighting on a KH fanart? GIMME MORE!
All this together: FAVE'D

I cannot ay how much this really adds to the character of Aqua and overall feel of BBS, it literally shows the proper feeling the Game should give off.
BBS IS DARK. And it is my favorite KH and Aqua is my favorite Keyblade Wielder.